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Clearwater site will host an auction this weekend. Items up for bid include furniture, shop equipment, technology, educational items, kitchen equipment, building items and nostalgic specialty items, including Clearwater Cardinal base drums and championship banners. Also part of the auction, scheduled to begin at the school, located at 501 Iowa Street, at 11:30 a.m., Sunday, June 13, are three tracts of real estate, including sections where grain bins and a basketball court were previously...
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. After surviving cancer, Bill Kruger decided to squeeze a lifelong dream into reality. "I've always wanted a muscle car," Kruger said. The Clearwater resident's sweet indulgence: a yellow 1964 Chevrolet Malibu. Sometimes, though, life turns sour. Last August, Kruger was diagnosed with cancer. Surgery followed on Sept. 11. "What a day," he said. "There was just a dinky, dinky spot on my liver." Kruger asked the surgeon if he needed surgery for such a...
Holt County Supervisors approved a resolution against President Biden’s Executive Order 14008, dubbed the 30 x 30 land grab, during its May 28 meeting. Prior to the vote, seven individuals spoke to the board about plan, which would conserve 30% of lands and waterways in the United States by 2030. The county’s resolution states the program, if implemented, “will conflict with plans, policies, zoning and programs of Holt County and notes that supervisors are in opposition to it. The resolution, introduced by Doug Frahm and seconded by Dusti...
Holt County residents will have an opportunity to compete in a beef rib barbecue cook-off at this year's Holt County fair. Sponsored by local beef producers, the cook-off is for amateurs and will be limited to 24 entries for the Aug. 14 event. Entry deadline is July 25. Cooking time begins at 8 a.m., with judging scheduled for 4 p.m. Cash prizes will be presented to the top three places in two divisions: judge's choice winner and people's choice winner. An entry fee of $100 is set for each team...
“Someone is going to die.” Naturally, this sentence piqued my attention. I wasn’t eavesdropping on the conversation where the above-mentioned line was uttered. Oh, contrare. It was said during a public gathering, by an individual sitting next to Scott and me. In fact, several comments from this person and the group he/she was with caught my attention. I was making a mental note to speak with them privately about their concerns, when one of the group members told about an incident they witne...
JONATHAN HLADIK Policy director Center for Rural Affairs With a nearly-unanimous vote last month, the Nebraska Legislature retained and improved one of the only incentives available to businesses of five or fewer employees. After a year when many small businesses shuttered and others were forced to pause plans for future growth, the approval of Legislative Bill 366 also sends an important message to microentrepreneurs-the services they provide are a worthy and important part of our state's...
JILL KRUSE, D.O. I was sitting in my beach chair on vacation soaking up the sun when I overheard the couple next to me sounding concerned. They were throwing out lots of big medical terms but were very confused and said that they did not understand anything that they read on this MRI report. I turned to them, apologized for eavesdropping and introduced myself as a physician. I offered to "translate" what the radiologist report said and they gladly accepted. Their problem was not a lack of...
Test Nebraska clinics will be held in O’Neill, on Mondays, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at North Central District Health Department. Access to the clinic will be through the alley on the north side of the NCDHD building. NCDHD will be ending Test NE services as of June 28th. After this date, testing can most readily be accessed through traditional healthcare access points. NCDHD has the following clinic times available for walk-ins.Thosw who have a scheduled appointment time for a clinic on this list, arrive at that scheduled time. These clinics w...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE "This spring, Antelope Memorial Hospital began offering new state-of-the-art intravenous smart pumps for its patients requiring IV therapy," said Merry Sprout, director of nursing at AMH. "The IV smart pumps have drug libraries and dose error reduction systems which assist in keeping patients safe by giving the right dose at the right time. Thus, it provides a mean for decreasing IV medication administration errors." In the past, intravenous pumps required manual calculations...
Investigators with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested two people during an investigation in Plainview. On Thursday, June 3, investigators executed a search warrant at a residence at 108 S. 2nd Street in Plainview. During the search, investigators located a package containing one pound of suspected methamphetamine. Smaller amounts of methamphetamine were also located in other areas of the home. Two subjects were in the home at the time of the search and were both arrested. Bryan Gloe, 43, and Alan Sharples, 63, were lodged in Pierce County...
The mobile food pantry, sponsored by the Neligh United Methodist Church, as well as various other churches, individuals and businesses in the area, will be dispersing food on Tuesday, June 15, from 3 to 5 p.m., at the Antelope County Fairgrounds, in Neligh. Volunteers will be available to assist with parking. Food Bank for the Heartland has requested volunteers collect the total number of households served, as well as the ages of household members in the following groups: 0 to18, 19 to 64, and age 65-plus. Volunteers will go car to car and...
Fifteen teams raised approximately $1,200 for the Summerland Bobcat golf team during the first Summerland Booster Club Tournament. The May 29 event featured a nine-hole tournament, with four individuals competing per team. Winners of the championship flight were Aaron Kruger, Echo Thiele, Kyle Finke and Garret Finke. Second-place honors went to Brock Kaczor's squad and third-place finishers were the Blake Cunningham team, which also included Katie Cunningham and Tad and Laura Fry. Mike Tagel's...
Approximately 130 Orchard School alumni met may 29, at the school's gymnasium, for the alumni banquet....
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Summerland Public School Board of Education will hold a regular meeting Tuesday, June 15, at 6 p.m., at the Orchard site. An agenda for the regular meeting is kept continuously current and available for public inspection at the office of the superintendent in Orchard. Except for items of an emergency nature, the agenda shall not be enlarged later than 24 hours before the scheduled commencement of the meeting. Published June 10, 2021 ZNEZ ~~~ AGENDA 1. Call meeting to order 1.A. Nebraska Open Meetings Act 1.B....
In compliance with the Nebraska Open Meetings Law, public notice is hereby given that a possible quorum of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Clearwater may attend the public input meeting at the fire hall meeting room, Monday, June 14, at 6:30 p.m. No formal action or discussion of village business will take place at this gathering. Angie Hupp, Village Clerk Published June 10, 2021 ZNEZ...
Chairman opened meeting. Notice of meeting published as required by statute. Approved agenda. Approved minutes of the May 4th BOC, May 11th BOE and BOC meetings. Correspondence was reviewed. Approved one improvement grant and one promotional grant. Zoning administrator report. Zoning permit report was reviewed. Summerland School information signs placement authorized. Clearwater School property access discussed. Public hearing – preparing joint resolution with Holt County for closing of bridge area. 524th Avenue follow-up minimum maintenance s...
Hebbie R. Snyder, 37, of Ewing faced the Honorable Kale Burdick last Tuesday in the Holt County courtroom in O’Neill, for sentencing on a Class 1 misdemeanor, criminal attempt of a Class 4 felony, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine). Burdick placed Snyder on probation for 18 months, including payment of fees totaling $570 and $60 costs of prosecution. Probation terms also include 36 days in the Holt County Jail, two days per month, beginning at 6 p.m. the last Friday of each month unless waived by the court; attend two AA m...
Russell L. Meyer, 62, of Orchard appeared before the Honorable Donna Taylor last Wednesday, June 2, for arraignment on a charge of second-degree trespass/defy order to leave. Meyer requested court-appointed counsel. After holding an indigency hearing, Taylor appointed public defender Melissa Figueroa. Further arraignment is set June 16. Bond, in the amount of $1,500, 10% cash, posted May 4, is continued. According to a probable-cause affidavit filed by Antelope County sheriff Bob Moore, Meyer was arrested after he continued to trespass,...
As much as I love fresh fruit, salads and sandwiches, I can't eat them for every meal when the weather is warm. Sometimes I want something cooked, but I really don't want to take much time to make it. And who wants to heat up the kitchen any more than you have to? Sheet pan meals may be the answer. "Sheet pan meals are a godsend when you're busy, or don't particularly love to cook," says food writer Gretchen McKay. "For starters, they're super easy to pull together. They also cook quickly, are...
The City of Kearney Park and Recreation Department is currently accepting registrations for the Nebraska Senior Games. The Games, for people 50 and older, are scheduled for August 5 to 8, in Kearney. Events include: bowling; 5K, 10K, 20K and 40K cycling; folf, 5K and 10K run; horseshoes; swimming; table tennis; tennis; track and field; badminton; free throw and hot shot basketball; pickleball; disc golf and cornhole. The Nebraska Senior Games is a member of the National Senior Games...
A crash, in Neligh, Friday afternoon claimed the lives of three individuals. Geraldine Elsberry, 74, and passenger Norman Elsberry, 72, of Orchard and Shane Ernest, 31, of Dalton, were killed in the accident, which occurred at approximately 1 p.m., at the intersection of Nebraska Highway 14 and U.S. Highway 275. The Nebraska State Patrol released names of the individuals involved in the accident at approximately 8:45, Friday evening. According to a press release from NSP, troopers said they...
